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Inattention, Impulsivity, and Hyperactivity from Preschool to School Age: Performance of Hard-to-manage Boys on Laboratory Measures

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 September 1998

Susan E. Marakovitz  and
Susan B. Campbell
Susan E. Marakovitz
Affiliation:
University of Pittsburgh, U.S.A.
Susan B. Campbell
Affiliation:
University of Pittsburgh, U.S.A.
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Abstract

Boys identified as hard-to-manage at age 4 and age-matched controls were assessed on laboratory measures of inattention, impulsivity, and hyperactivity at ages 4, 6, and 9. Hard-to-manage boys still exhibited some behavioral difficulties at age 9, but were not more inattentive or impulsive than controls. Boys with Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) at age 9 showed performance deficits in each symptom-related domain relative to problem boys without ADD and controls. However, hard-to-manage problem boys with and without ADD did not differ on most earlier measures of inattention, impulsivity, and hyperactivity, suggesting that symptoms specific to ADD emerged more clearly between ages 6 and 9.

Keywords

Hyperactivityattention deficit disorderpreschool childrenschool children
Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines , Volume 39 , Issue 6 , September 1998 , pp. 841 - 851
Copyright
© 1998 Association for Child Psychology and Psychiatry

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